w. >> never used to it. this is almost like from fall to immediate when overnight which the county is using front-end loaders to clear the standoff over the -- ocean avenue to make a path foremergency vehicles. there is still a lot of work left to be done. in point pleasant beach, new jersey, rick leventhal, fox news lou: thank you. the nation's capital also hit hard with the rapid sandy. shannon lane joins us from alexandria, virginia where tens of thousands of people are still without power. >> just one example of what has to be cleaned up. check out this house behind me. talked to the honor. this was his boyhood home. a tree that has been around since the civil war fell from his neighbor's yard on to his home. he and his family were in the lower portion of the house. they had just finished dinner. there were clearing of the plates and cleaning up when that tree came crashing through. you can see clear into the bedroom upstairs and into the attic. you can see things like personal stora